Mr. Buffalo

your a puppet im a puppet wouldnt you like to be a puppet too   lol
btw, do you eat Mcdonalds? Azues, drink beer?
have any cancer genes upstream? I dont think Lance smoked and he took pretty good care of himself....

I still see some discrimantion in your thoughts, and selfishness

Eric, I can't quite picture you at the pulpit...

How 'bout this, I saw in the WSJ yesterday that the pubs may force the dems to read the climate bill on the floor...so they're going to hire a speed reader.

At least SOMEONE will read this bill before an up and down vote?!!?   

that hit a nerve

WSJ article

eric lavine wrote: I still see some discrimantion in your thoughts, and selfishness

I would not call it discrimantion or selfishness.... I call it self-aware.

eric lavine wrote: What are your thoughts on a sin tax? helped build alot of stadiums and if you have ever drank one beer in your life you should classify your self as part of "that" crowd

I do have a drink now and again. I pay the "sin tax" by choice when I have a drink.
I am not given the same opportunity for paying someones health care when they have smoked all their lives or riden a motorcycle with no helmet. Lets have a donation setup for these needs.

My generation is not referred to as the "Me", "My", or "I" generation. But the "Baby Boomer" generation. The most successful and helpful generation to the economy to date. We are still waiting for these "Me", "My", and "I" generations to show us what you got...
We take/took care of our Parents and Grandparents as they could count on us. What I see now is the middle aged children moving back into there parents home and the grandparents alone in their final years.

What generation are you proud to be a member of ?

you really got me fired now with the "most helpful generation to the economy"
have you really ever sat down and thought what has happened the last three years. the reason the economy was so great the past 10 years was from the excess of money flowing through the economy, the banks loosened up on thier lending practices, no more microscopes, no 20% down, anyone with a $10.00 an hour job could by a house, they would get in the house that they paid lets say 150k for....low payments cause they are on an arm, then the property values started to rise then all of a sudden the guy is at 12.00 bucks an hour the house is worth 175k now, because the market is booming...he needs some extra cash, wants a new CC in the drive, maybe a beamer, he goes to the bank, borrows another 25k, bank hands him a check. he still owes the bank 175k, because he is on this f-d up arm that in another year will double his payments, he doesnt look at it this way.he puts some of this money aside so he can make the payments, borrowing money to payback borrowed money
Now this big Pirhana frenzy is starting to weaken, this guy's 5 year arm hits. hes making 12.50 an hour now. here comes the tow truck, hooks up the car, takes the boat and this guy is thrown into forclosure.
Now all these bad loans and good loans out there are bundled up and sold, they still have value over time.....thats now at the point of a government bail out. under 2% of all the homes are in foreclosure...it really isnt bad debt because people are still struggling to make payments to the new bank that owns the loan, in no way is it a lose situation for the bank
now that 175k house is worth 120k, which is where the value of the dollar goes down.
alot of the boom we seen in the 90's and early 2000's was because of this and my grand parents and many to the likes and even parents saved every penny they earned, accumlating wealth and they passed and the money fell into the hands of the siblings, easy come easy go.......
I own one credit card, it is for my shop, thats it.
we got a violent raping, 40% to 70% hits on IRA's, 401's
it creates a recession or a better term depression, it puts the fear back into people and they pull back on thier frivalous spending and the cycle starts again.....the governmant steps in and tries to fire the economy by dumping money into infastructure and tries to create jobs, the problem though is were getting to a point to where there is more people than jobs because all the manufacturing went over sea's, unemployment will hit 12%, and the division will begin, and the middle income families will disolve to a poverty status....its not a conspiracy, it is happening whether you believe it or not